Comedian miles jupp biography

English actor and comedian (born )

Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September ) is an English actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series Balamory.

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He also played John Duggan in The Thick of It, Nigel in the sitcom Rev and appeared on many comedy panel shows.^[1][2] Between and , Jupp was the host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4, replacing Sandi Toksvig.^[3][4]

Early life

Jupp was born in in London and spent his early childhood in West Hampstead.^[5] He is the son of a minister in the United Reformed Church.

For much of his life, Jupp believed he was of Belgian stock, descended from 16th-century Huguenot immigrants. However, while creating a programme for BBC Radio 4 in , he discovered his roots are actually in Sussex.^[6]

Jupp attended three independent schools: The Hall School in Hampstead, North